Build What Matters: The RDSCo Podcast

Amanda Stockwell is solving a critical gap in the Raleigh-Durham startup ecosystem: connecting talented Triangle students to early-stage companies that need them. As founder of The Seed List, a nonprofit dedicated to creating equitable access to startup opportunities, Amanda is building the bridge between university talent and the innovation economy right here in the Research Triangle. In this epi...

Triangle founder Catie King shares how she went from Head of Product at a private jet company to starting Stradia Partners — a workflow automation services firm helping companies escape spreadsheet hell. In this conversation, Catie reveals the unconventional founder discovery process she used before launching, why all her fears about running a services company were wrong, and what actually keeps h...

On this episode of Build What Matters, host Tim Scales sits down with Chip Kennedy, founder of CivicReach, a Raleigh-based startup using voice AI to solve communication problems across the social safety net. Chip shares how his family nonprofit work led to building cutting-edge technology for government agencies, why Triangle startups in civic tech have unique advantages, and what this ecosystem n...